Aldi has announced it is on the lookout to open a new store in Dunblane.
The retail giant has set it's sights on the town for a new outlet - as part of plans to open 20 new supermarkets across Scotland.
Aldi is now looking at potential locations which should be 1.5 acres and able to accommodate a 20,000 sq ft store with 100 parking spaces.
They say the new Dunblane store would ideally be on a main road with good visibility and access.
The retailer is scoping out freehold town-centre or edge-of-centre sites suitable for development.
Currently Dunblane has a Tesco supermarket and an M&S Food store. The community is also served by a host of independent retailers.
Aldi is UK’s fifth largest supermarket has been on an expansion drive in recent years, opening around one new store a week on average.
Ciaran Aldridge, National Property Director at Aldi UK, said: “We have been investing in Britain for more than 30 years now, but we know that there are still areas that either do not have an Aldi at all, or that need another store to meet customer demand."
The locations Aldi is targeting in Scotland are:
- Battlefield
- Bishopbriggs
- Cathcart
- Clarkston
- Darnley
- Dingwall
- Dumbarton
- Dunblane
- Edinburgh
- Gourock
- Helensburgh
- Largs
- Maryhill
- Peebles
- Port Dundas/Springburn
- Shotts
- South Ayr
- Stepps/Moodiesburn
- Stonehaven
- Tannochside/Uddingston
